Senior AI Solutions Architect: Data Engineering & Cloud ML

Placements24; Willows (CA); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement savings plan

Generous leave policy

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior AI Solutions Architect with a strong data engineering background for our Welkom, Free State client. Lead end-to-end AI/ML solution design, data pipelines, and cloud-based ML infrastructure, collaborating with data scientists and engineers to deliver scalable, production-ready solutions.

You will define architectures, evaluate technologies, and contribute to pre-sales efforts while communicating complex problems to clients and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in Data Engineering and AI/ML roles with solution-architecture focus.
• Proven experience designing scalable data pipelines using Spark, Kafka, or Flink.
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms and their data/ML services (S3, EC2, SageMaker, Azure ML, Vertex AI).
• Strong ML concepts, algorithms, and MLOps principles.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and Scala.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and client-facing skills.
• Ability to translate complex business problems into technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design end-to-end AI/ML solutions focusing on scalability and performance.
• Develop and implement robust data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and prep for ML models.
• Define and manage cloud-based ML infrastructure and environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and stakeholders to deliver effective solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and best practices for AI development and deployment.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies and tools for AI and data engineering projects.
• Ensure integration of AI solutions into client systems and workflows.
• Contribute to pre-sales activities, including proposals and client demos.

Skills

Data engineering

AI/ML

Cloud platforms

Python

SQL

Scala

Docker

Kubernetes

Apache Spark

Kafka

Flink

MLOps

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/Engineering/Data Science

Tools

SageMaker

Azure ML

Vertex AI

AWS

GCP

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior AI Solutions Architect with a strong data engineering background for our Welkom, Free State client. Lead end-to-end AI/ML solution design, data pipelines, and cloud-based ML infrastructure, collaborating with data scientists and engineers to deliver scalable, production-ready solutions.

You will define architectures, evaluate technologies, and contribute to pre-sales efforts while communicating complex problems to clients and stakeholders.